New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: excerpts from a Q&A with author & guest lecturer @gregvaneekhout.bsky.social, who talks about voice in middle grade vs young adult fiction and how to deal with parental figures in middle grade novels
I did not spend the afternoon on novel revisions as planned, but I wrote a new flash story instead so I guess yay productive revision procrastination? And with that out of my system, NOW back to the novel.
Mushrooms lending a bit of fairy garden chic next to the back patio
Yay exciting space stuff! A welcome distraction from (gestures at everything down here). Also: space stuff!
When you’ve unintentionally chosen the perfect bookmark for a story in the anthology you’re reading.
Today’s surprise: opening a sunroom window to find this little dude staring at me from on top of a bush
How your email finds me.
New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: Excerpts from a Q&A with author & guest lecturer @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social, who talks about four-act structure
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New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: excerpts from a Q&A with award-winning author & YPO grad & guest lecturer Jill Tew, who talks about finding comp titles & how she prioritizes her reading choices as a professional author
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Jill Tew was a 2026 guest lecturer for the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Jill is the award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of dystopian romance and middle grade novels that imagine B…
